Tuned to Yesterday
10 p.m. to midnight - Nightly
Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel-to-reel tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and over 20,000 broadcasts.
"Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old-time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy," and "Gunsmoke" -- spanning all genres.
Visit the "Tuned to Yesterday" schedules page, available here.
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Horror: Weird Circle “Bride of Death” 1945 Syndicated, Sealed Book “Death Spins a Web” 4/1/45 MBS.
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Mystery: Fat Man “Murder Plays Hide and Seek” 1/2/48 ABC, Sherlock Holmes “A Case of Identity” 1/23/55 NBC.
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Science Fiction: Captain Starr of Space “Citizens on Mars” 1953 ABC, X Minus One “Hostess” 12/12/56 NBC.
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Adventure: Man Behind the Gun “Company Aid Man / Road To Rome” 11/6/43 CBS, Mark Trail 2/15/50 MBS.
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Western: Fort Laramie “Boatwright’s Story” 1/29/56 CBS, Gunsmoke “Trouble in Kansas” 10/16/55 CBS.
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True History: Biography in Sound “They Knew Grantland Rice” 2/14/56 NBC.
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